Richmond

Richmond is the capital of the US state of Virginia, incorporated in 1742. The city was first settled by the Jamestown settlers in 1611, and it became a city in 1737, becoming the capital of Virginia in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The city would serve as the Confederate capital during the American Civil War, and it entered the 20th century with an electric streetcar system. Richmond is home to many businesses and governmental offices, and it had a population of 1,260,029 people in its metro area in 2015.